PART 6. FACTORY-BUILT HOUSING [19960 - 19997]

CHAPTER 3. Regulation [19980 - 19985]

All factory-built housing manufactured after the effective date of the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code and the other regulations adopted pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 19990) of this part, which is sold or offered for sale to first users within this state, shall bear insignia of approval issued by the department.

(a)
All factory-built housing bearing an insignia of approval pursuant to Section 19980 shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of all ordinances or regulations enacted by any city, city and county, county, or district which may be applicable to the construction of housing. No city, city and county, county, or district shall require submittal of plans for any factory-built housing manufactured, or to be manufactured, pursuant to this part for the purpose of determining compliance with this part or the regulations promulgated thereunder, or for determining compliance with any local construction requirement, except as provided in Section 19993.

(b)
No factory-built housing bearing a department insignia of approval pursuant to Section 19980 shall be in any way modified prior to installation unless approval is first obtained from the department.

(c)
No factory-built housing shall be in any way modified during installation unless approval for the modification is first obtained from the local enforcement agency.

(a) The department by rule and regulation shall establish a schedule of fees to pay the costs incurred by the department for the work related to the administration and enforcement of this part. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the fees collected shall be placed in the Mobilehome-Manufactured Home Revolving Fund established by Section 18016.5, and are continuously appropriated to the department for expenditure in carrying out this part.

(b) The total amount of money collected pursuant to this part and contained in the Mobilehome-Manufactured Home Revolving Fund on June 30 of each fiscal year shall not exceed the amount needed for operating expenses for one year for the enforcement of this part. If the total amount of money collected pursuant to this part in the fund exceeds this amount, the department shall make appropriate reductions in the schedule of fees authorized by this section.

Nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent the department from delegating by written contract its enforcement authority to local government agencies or from approving design approval agencies, as provided in Section 19991.3.

All building standards shall be adopted and published in the State Building Standards Code pursuant to Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18901) of this division, and all other rules and regulations promulgated by the commission under the authority of this part shall be adopted pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

If the department determines that standards for the construction of factory-built housing, which have been prescribed by the statutes or rules and regulations of other states, are at least equal to the standards of the State Building Standards Code and the other requirements prescribed by the department, the department may so provide by regulation. Any factory-built housing which a state has approved as meeting its standards for construction shall be deemed to meet the requirements of the department, if the department determines that the standards of that other state are actually being enforced.